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"Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; aEphraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as bReuben and Simeon are.
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1 Chronicles 5:1, 1 Chronicles 5:2
1 Chronicles 5
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Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for ahe was the firstborn, but because bhe defiled his father's bed, chis birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; so that he is not enrolled in the genealogy according to the birthright.
1 Chronicles 5
2aThough Judah prevailed over his brothers, and bfrom him came the leader, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),